Chapter 3 of Ole Mars An' Ole Miss is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Ole Mars An' Ole Miss is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me! You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?” “Cross meh hyart an’ bref.” Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe! Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
Chapter 3 of Ole Mars An' Ole Miss is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!”
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading “Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.””
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?””
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading “Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe!”
possessive form of “i” — a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
place in a grave or tomb
From this reading “You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?””
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!”
hunt or shoot snipe
From this reading “You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Cross meh hyart an’ bref.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!
a container; usually has a lid
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Cross meh hyart an’ bref.”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “Cross meh hyart an’ bref.”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
the habitation of wild animals
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
take in solid food
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Cross meh hyart an’ bref.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe!
possessive form of “i” — a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
place in a grave or tomb
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Cross meh hyart an’ bref.”
an indefinitely short time
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe!
type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
not any; not one
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe!
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
hunt or shoot snipe
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Dat mus’ be de reason I’s bin dreamin’ so bad.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Billy, look at me!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Uncle Jerry: “Well, den, I eat no mo’ snipe!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You sho’ dat snipe spressify dey tu’n inter Jack-uh-ma-lanterns?”
Chapter 3 of Ole Mars An' Ole Miss by Edmund K. Goldsborough holds 472 sentences, grouped into 95 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 3 holds 472 sentences of Ole Mars An' Ole Miss, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Ole Mars An' Ole Miss by Edmund K. Goldsborough exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 472 sentences, grouped into 95 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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